Ben and Jenny’s Ice Cool Indoor Welsh Titles

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Ben Reynolds and Jenny Nesbitt had particular reason to celebrate their Welsh indoor 3,000m titles in Cardiff on Sunday. Injury and illness meant both had experienced recent setbacks, but each bounced back to claim gold in their respective races at the Cardiff Metropolitan University Christmas Classic.

By Owen Morgan

Ben Reynolds and Jenny Nesbitt had particular reason to celebrate their Welsh indoor 3,000m titles in Cardiff on Sunday.

Injury and illness meant both had experienced recent setbacks, but each bounced back to claim gold in their respective races at the Cardiff Metropolitan University Christmas Classic.

The meeting, which incorporates the Welsh 3,000m title races, had an extra bit of festive sparkle this year with Great Britain star Laura Muir guesting in the women’s race.

But the men’s event also proved to be a Christmas cracker with Reynolds claiming a number of notable scalps in a high-quality field to claim the Welsh title.

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